First Business Financial Services, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Edward G. Sloane, Jr. to serve as the Company's Chief Financial Officer effective January 19, 2016. Mr. Sloane has over 30 years of financial services' experience including mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and financial reporting and analysis. Mr. Sloane was previously Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer with Peoples Bancorp, Inc. in Marietta, Ohio from 2008 to 2015.

He also served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning & Analysis for WesBanco, Inc. in Wheeling, West Virginia from 2006 to 2008, as Senior Vice President and Controller from 1998 to 2006 and in various other capacities from 1989 to 1998. In conjunction with Mr. Sloane's appointment, Mr. James F. Ropella, the Company's current Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will cease to serve as Chief Financial Officer effective January 19, 2016, but will continue in his roles as Senior Vice President and Treasurer to facilitate the transition of the Chief Financial Officer position to Mr. Sloane. In those roles, Mr. Ropella will continue to serve as the company's principal financial officer on an interim basis.

Mr. Ropella and the Company have previously entered into a consulting arrangement, which was disclosed in a Form 8-K filed September 9, 2014.